RIP Dean Jones
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Horrendous news. I remember him as a great (annoyingly good) stealer of singles and an elegant shot maker.
This memory popped up on Cricket.com.au on Monday and was a good laugh about his run in with Curtly Ambrose: https://www.facebook.com/85633169312/posts/10158732127854313/
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Oh wow.....huge shock. Loving to hate ( but obviously massively respect ) that guy was part and parcel for any young cricket fan growing up. Cocky and with a tremendous record to boot....apparently his double hundred in India was an amazing innings and as @Virgil says he was definitely one of the game changers in how ODIs were played.
Condolences @NTA and other Aussie cricket fans, you lost a bloody good one.
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@booboo said in RIP Dean Jones:
Terrible news. Far too young.
Condolences to all.
Repeating what has been said: loved to hate his ability. I seem to recall quite liking him. But hating how he would take us apart.
RIP
Yeah he seemed pretty likeable and that ‘terrorist’ faux pas was a classic piece of commentary.
In the Benson and Hedges cup or whatever it was called it was often a case of which Jones went best....we had Andrew who was a pretty damn fine player in his own right.....history tells us than Dean was a far better ODI player overall though.
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Gee , that is sad ,
Around the same age as me , I had a long time mate pass away a few weeks ago same age from a heart attack also , with no warnings .
You just never know what’s around the corner .
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First player to wear sunglasses in the field
First to truly capitalise on running between the wickets, then emulated by hogan
First to tear around the boundary taking diving catches regularly
First to be cancelled for an obvious joke
Playing Australia in one dayers was all about getting deano out.
Arrogance with the bat didn't reflect a self effacing personality. His battles with paddles a great example of the difference between on the field and off the field behaviour.Always honest, was Deano. A good man
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https://wisden.com/stories/news-stories/jones-hated-boon-taylor-batting-partners-running
Why Dean Jones hated batting with David Boon and Mark Taylor
Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman, speaking on the Lessons Learnt with the Greats podcast, explained how running between the wickets has improved considerably in the modern game, owing to the likes of David Warner who give tremendous importance to fitness.
Jones, who is credited with revolutionising Australian one-day batting through the Eighties and early Nineties, explained how he found it difficult to press hard for runs in the latter half of a one-day innings, when his batting partners weren’t as eager to cross ends.
“I hated Boony…David Boon and Mark Taylor for example,” Jones said, “where they batted deep, and I ran their twos and they didn’t run mine. You need to be fit in this level. It’s not hard to get off your backside, stop having the cokes, stop having a couple of beers, to get yourself fit to win a World Cup. So, they got the batting skills and all that, but it really upset me in my time, because I am trying to go hard, hard, hard now I’m in the power [mode] last ten overs, I’m buzz, buzz, buzz…”
In the modern era where skin folds and time trials act as few of the several parameters to judge a player’s fitness, Jones said that batting skills still hold higher precedence, remarking that “just because a guy is big, doesn’t mean he can’t rip a team apart.” However, he said that running between the wickets has ascended to an amazing level in the current generation, citing Warner an example of an aggressive batsman who puts just as much effort on his big-hitting, as he does for his running between wickets.
“Now it’s got to an amazing level,” Jones said, “particularly with Warner, his fitness skills are ridiculous and still has the power to hit him big. After a while in T20 matches, you are batting 15 overs and you are still swinging… you are fatigued trying to swing hard. And he’s still got it and he’s still pushing guys for two. And that’s the level we got to get to.
“You know what? I hate mediocrity. That’s not mediocrity what he’s doing. And it’s just great to watch and if he has to embarrass a few, well, so be it. Because that’s the level we expect as fans to watch, to take the skills to another level.”
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@NTA said in RIP Dean Jones:
https://wisden.com/stories/news-stories/jones-hated-boon-taylor-batting-partners-running
Why Dean Jones hated batting with David Boon and Mark Taylor
Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman, speaking on the Lessons Learnt with the Greats podcast, explained how running between the wickets has improved considerably in the modern game, owing to the likes of David Warner who give tremendous importance to fitness.
Jones, who is credited with revolutionising Australian one-day batting through the Eighties and early Nineties, explained how he found it difficult to press hard for runs in the latter half of a one-day innings, when his batting partners weren’t as eager to cross ends.
“I hated Boony…David Boon and Mark Taylor for example,” Jones said, “where they batted deep, and I ran their twos and they didn’t run mine. You need to be fit in this level. It’s not hard to get off your backside, stop having the cokes, stop having a couple of beers, to get yourself fit to win a World Cup. So, they got the batting skills and all that, but it really upset me in my time, because I am trying to go hard, hard, hard now I’m in the power [mode] last ten overs, I’m buzz, buzz, buzz…”
In the modern era where skin folds and time trials act as few of the several parameters to judge a player’s fitness, Jones said that batting skills still hold higher precedence, remarking that “just because a guy is big, doesn’t mean he can’t rip a team apart.” However, he said that running between the wickets has ascended to an amazing level in the current generation, citing Warner an example of an aggressive batsman who puts just as much effort on his big-hitting, as he does for his running between wickets.
“Now it’s got to an amazing level,” Jones said, “particularly with Warner, his fitness skills are ridiculous and still has the power to hit him big. After a while in T20 matches, you are batting 15 overs and you are still swinging… you are fatigued trying to swing hard. And he’s still got it and he’s still pushing guys for two. And that’s the level we got to get to.
“You know what? I hate mediocrity. That’s not mediocrity what he’s doing. And it’s just great to watch and if he has to embarrass a few, well, so be it. Because that’s the level we expect as fans to watch, to take the skills to another level.”
Shit imagine if he had to bat with Inzy or Ranatunga ?
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This is the sort of news Victorians don't need right now.
Dean Jones will go down in history as a person who revolutionised the game. Tremendous to watch him bat. Always felt like if he got a start, Australia were going to win.
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@Donsteppa said in RIP Dean Jones:
Horrendous news. I remember him as a great (annoyingly good) stealer of singles and an elegant shot maker.
This memory popped up on Cricket.com.au on Monday and was a good laugh about his run in with Curtly Ambrose: https://www.facebook.com/85633169312/posts/10158732127854313/
I remember watching that live. I notice Ambrose had his white wristband on again later in the innings.
RIP Jones.
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unlike most kiwis I loved Dean Jones. I loved what he did for cricket. He was exciting and fucking talented.
